GRE Word List
FESTER
to generate pus
The meaning of the word fester is to generate pus.
Random words
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| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| raiment | clothing |
| lewd | obscene |
| paltry | inferior |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |